Burner for crude oil.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904- F; eoonwm; BURNER FOR (mum: OIL.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 1, 1903 I N0 MODEL.

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No. 768,798. I V I Patented August 30, 1904:. UNITED STATES PATENT @riucn.

FRANK TRUNIAN GOODVVIN, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID JQHN ARCHER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

BURNER F OR C RUDE OIL.

SPECIFICATION- forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,798, dated August 30, 1904. Application filed October 1, 1903. Serial No. 1 75,399. (N model.)

TO whom it y 00771067"! oil leading from the reservoir H down into the Be it known that I, FRANK TRUMAN Goonburner A. WIN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, I is any suitable stop-cock for. regulating residing in the city of Toronto, in the county the supply of oil in the burner. 5 of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, By reason of the openings J in the top of have invented certain new and useful Imthe burner A a downdraft of air is always provements in Burners for Crude Oil, of which passing through the burner and base B in the the following is a specification. direction indicated by arrow and up out of the 55 My invention relates to improvements in. stove through the flue O. The oil drops from IO burners for crude oil; and the object of my inthe end of the feed-pipe Gr onto the bars a of vention is to provide a cheap and eflicient the grid and is comminuted, thereby enabling burner of the class described and one that can the downcurrent of air to mix with same. be used in connection with any suitable stove The oil and air are ignited, and by reason of 60 or furnace; and it consists. essentially, of a the said downdraft the flames pass out of the 5 burner provided at its combustion end with a perforations b, as shown by arrow. During peculiarly-constructed perforated base and the operation of the burner the drip-pan (J at its upper end with perforations or holes becomes thoroughly heated, and any oil that through which air passes thereinto, a suitablymay be collected in the cup D is heated and 5 constructed grid secured at or near the comignited. By reason of the downdraft there bustion end of said burner, and asuitable feedwill be no possibility of any smell or smoke pipe for said burner, as hereinafter more parescaping from the burner. ticularly explained. As shown in the drawings, I preferably bolt Figure 1 isavertical central section through the drip-pan Cto the base B by any suitable 7 0 my burner, showing construction of same and bolt 0. 5 a suitable stove to illustrate how the burner Althoughl have shown the burner A as beoperates. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line ing provided with a separate perforated top 1 1, Fig. 1. P, I do not conline myself to this construction,

In the drawings like characters of reference as it is quite evident that the top 1" may be 75 indicate corresponding parts in each figure. formed integral with said burner. The oil of 3 A is the burner, to the combustion end of course is fed by gravity from the feed-pipe Gr.

which is secured a hollow base B, provided It will of course be understood that the openwith suitable perforations 7). Suitably secured ings or holes Z) may be of any suitable size and to the base B is a drip-pan G, the center porshape. tion of which is provided with a cup D, in In my preferred form of construction the which is collected the particles of oil that may perforations or openings 7) are made in the base not be comminuted sufliciently by the grid E, B above its outwardly-flared flange 3, and the which is suitably placed in the combustion end drip-pan U is provided with a flange l, bolted of said burner A. It will of course be seen to said flange 3. f 5 from the drawings that the cup D is immvedi- I hereby claim thatI may make such altera- 4 ately below the grid E in the combustion end tions in the construction. of my burner as will of the burner A. not be a departure from the spirit of my in- In Fig. 1 I have shown my burner supportvention.

ed within'any suitable stove F. In the con- What I claim as my invention is- 9 struction shown the said burner is provided 1. A device of the class described compriswith a flange (0, by means of which the device ing a burner A provided with perforations at is held in the stove. its upper end through which air passes there- G is any suitable feed-pipe for the crude into; a grid secured at the combustion end of said burner; a base also secured over the combustion end of said burner provided with suitable openings through which the flames pass therefrom; a drip-pan suitably secured to said base and provided with a cup directly beneath the combustion end of the burnerAin which oil may collect, and a suitable feed-pipe extending into said burner.

2. A device of the class described comprising a burner A provided with perforations at its upper end through which air passes thereinto, and a flange by means of which the burner is held in place; a grid secured within said burner at its combustion, end; a base also secured over the combustion end of said burner provided with suitable openings through which the flames pass therefrom; a drip-pan suitably secured to said base and provided with a cup directly beneath the combustion end of the burner A in which oil may collect, and a suitable feed-pipe extending into said burner.

3. A base for crude-oil burners provided with an upper central opening, and a series of openings or holes formed in its lower portion above its outwardly-flared flange 3, through which the flames pass therefrom; a drip-pan secured to said base, provided with a cup or depression immediately below said central upper opening in said base, and being further provided with a flange 4 by means of which it is secured to the flange of said base, and a grid secured in the upper central opening of said base by means of which the oil is comminuted as it passes into said base.

4:. A device of the class described comprising the burner A provided with perforations at its upper end through which air passes thereinto; a grid secured at the combustion. end of said burner; a base also secured over the combustion end of said burner provided with suitable openings through which the flames pass therefrom, and a drip-pan suitably secured to said base and provided with a cup directly be ncath the combustion end of the burner A in which oil may collect, as described.

5. A base for crude-oil burners provided with an upper central opening,and further provided with suitable openings through which the flames pass therefrom; a drip-pan suitably secured to said base and provided with a cup or depression immediately below said central upper opening, and a grid secured in the upper central opening in said base by means of which the oil is comminuted as it passes into said base. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK TRUMAN GOODWVIN.

Witnesses:

EGERTON R. CASE, VVILMoT R. BLACKHALL. 

